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Look up and stay curious. Mostly architecture.
Author, editor, professor, family participant. Retired altar boy, pizza chef, and beer vendor.
Reader; tea adept; New Orleanian🖤⚜️ writer: LETTING IN AIR & LIGHT https://bellepointpress.com/products/letting-in-air-and-light; SECRET KEEPERS https://bellepointpress.com/products/secret-keepers Find the homes of my other words at https://teresabrader.com
New Flash Fiction Review is an online magazine devoted to flash fiction. Read more: https://newflashfiction.com
Senior Reviews Editor @smokelong.bsky.social | Multigenre & Chapbook Editor @splitlippress.com | Providence menace | I write weird shit. | Fuck ICE. | More of us than there are of them.
Writer. Co-Fiction Editor @splitlipthemag.bsky.social. Always hungry. She/her/hers. Header by @shing.bsky.social
I write Cup of Coffee, a daily baseball, politics, entertainment, and nonsense newsletter: https://www.cupofcoffeenews.com/
I am America’s Best Christian™. But you knew that. You can find exclusive content here: https://www.patreon.com/c/MrsBettyBowers
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Raised on Coast Miwok land, longtime resident on Ramaytush Ohlone land, writer, climate person, feminist, wanderer. Just started a newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com.
Political News & Civics 101
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Mythology, History, Storytelling: the Godyssey podcast is a deep dive into our shared humanity through gods.
Chicagoan (Portage Park), bungalow owner, recovering gamedev (Jaleco, Mindscape, Midway), data engineer, bike/transit advocate(ish) (former NW MBAC), aspiring historian/baker/woodworker, White Sox fan (heavy sigh), music nerd, just zis guy, you know? ✶✶✶✶
Human Rights Lawyer • Author • Dad Jokes • SirusXM Host • Creator of Let's Address This • Subscribe here: qasimrashid.com/subscribe • Media requests: admin@justwinteam.com
I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Shut up! I am too a floozy.
Breaking down barriers and building up communities on the southwest side of Chicago. swcollective.org
WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times public safety editor
tschuba@suntimes.com
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Writer RiffTrax/MST3K, mystery novelist https://www.jasonphilipmiller.com
Online lit mag. Authoring change. From the people who built these cities.
theoffingmag.com
Writer | Chicago | Work in HAD, X-R-A-Y, Wigleaf + more | Pushcart Prize and BotN nom | Best Microfiction ‘24, '25, '26
https://elenalzhang.wordpress.com/writing/
National politics reporter at semafor.com. Alum: WashPost, Bloomberg, Slate, Reason. Author of “The Show That Never Ends.”
The Imperial Dynasty of Independent Publishing.
THE DRAGON IS AMONG YOU.
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Seeking the wonderful and the bizarre, the beautiful and the dark.
Home to all things dark and lovely.
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Honoring grief with ritual of radical gratitude.
weird press that publishes weird books
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I'm a journalist in Chicago
But you're probably here for Birdie
An online literary journal dedicated to prose, poetry, comics, essays, humor, hybrid, and everything in-between.
www.bulbregion.com
A story studio publishing in-depth journalism without compromise. Latest feature: DOUBLE MEANING https://twins.longlead.com/
Literary magazine for poetry, fiction, scripts, essays, and art.
Eds: Romy Morreo & Roger Niven.
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Cartoonist and Illustrator. My book of science cartoons, PHYSICS FOR CATS, is available now! www.tomgauld.com
Senior Chicago politics reporter for @wttw.bsky.social News
LGBTQ+ news and politics stories. Are you one of us? 🌈 Visit us at them.us
I am angry about the nitrate levels in Iowa’s drinking water. My writing has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Strange Horizons, Maudlin House, The Disappointed Housewife, and others. www.dolanchris.com
We’re unionizing to build a fairer and more equitable workplace at The TRiiBE. ✊🏾
Chicago News Guild TNG-CWA Local 34071
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The region's sustainable transportation news and advocacy website, helping to make the city and suburbs better since 2013. Posts: @johngreenfield.bsky.social (unsigned) and @stevevance.net.
Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back
Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !
NPR White House correspondent. National Murrow Award Winner. Former Vox, USN&WR. Tariff explainer. Masculinity politics expert. Native Iowan. Battle-axe. Jesus freak. Real piece of work.
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com
A movement of caregivers and care recipients working to better care systems so everyone can live, work, age, and parent with dignity. #CareCantWait
Dad, teacher, editor, student of the history of autocracy, anti-fascist, “Nazis ain’t got no humanity,” and author of HOW THE MOON WORKS. Stories in @havehashad.com, @xraylitmag.bsky.social, @barrelhouse.bsky.social, @hexliterary.bsky.social, etc.
Indie publisher of beautiful titles inspired by buildings, cities and landmarks. Sometimes wears a book as a hat… | ManderleyPress.com
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TV writer. Author of the novels THE PAYBACK and THE SURVIVALISTS. Deadly with a butter knife.
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Demystifying the bureaucracy of death & dying with a sense of humor. Find your niche in The Columbarium newsletter. BUY THE BOOK NOW!💀
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radical publisher of politics, culture, current events
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Louisiana Poet Laureate 2017-19. Books from Mercer University Press. Work included in Best Microfiction and Best Spiritual Lit. EIC: @louisianalit.bsky.social
www.jackbbedell.com
Putting faith into action for social justice. Read sojo.net.
Writer, editor, teacher, karenpalmer.com. Memoir SHE'S UNDER HERE (Algonquin Books). NEA, Best American Essays, Pushcart Prize. If I had to choose between reading and eating, I'd be dead in a week. She/her
I run a produce store, a florist, a wine shop, and mostly post about bike lanes.
📍Hyde Park, Chicago
Author A is for Arsenic: An ABC of Victorian Death, The Victorian Book of the Dead, 10 books on ghostlore. Death, mourning, dress history, Forteana. No politics. Podcast: Boggart and Banshee
Blog: https://thevictorianbookofthedead.wordpress.com
Author living in Alexandria, VA | Deliver Thy Pigs (Malarkey Books) | stories in HAD, Bull, Islandia Journal, and more | he/him
www.joeyhedger.com
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
Scottish writer/editor. Queer AF. Terrible workaholic.
PhD student in Creative Writing. Cinema Worms podcast co-host. She/they
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writer & psychiatrist M.D. (she/her)
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Scottish New Writers Award (Callan Gordon); RLF Reading Round Lector
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Cinema Worms podcast co-host!
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Live in Chicago, write for Wired, got a great attitude
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A journal of literature and art published by George Mason University. Submissions are OPEN for the spring 55.2 edition!
https://linktr.ee/phoebejournal
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American writer in Britain. Novels: A Decent World; Other People Manage (SwiftPress); The Divorce Diet (Kensington); Open Line (Coffee House); Trip Sheets (Milkweed).
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jmww (https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/), a weekly journal of writing publishing the best in fiction, poetry, flash, essays, and interviews. Our stories have appeared in Best American Essays, Best Small Fictions, Wigleaf Top 50, BIFFY, and Best of Net.
Investigative Reporter @ TPM | Author | Words In: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Atlantic
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#poetry #flash Literary Arts Journal
www.southfloridapoetryjournal.com
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A journal of literature.
http://theberlinliteraryreview.com
He/him. Southsider, Organizer, Renter, LGBTQ+ Latino 🏳️🌈. Minneapolis 9th Ward City Council Member. (https://givebutter.com/bring-pregnant-women-home-from-ice-detention-22yq6x)
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Books:
We Had It Coming (2025) https://orbooks.com/catalog/we-had-it-coming/
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Thin Skin is a literary magazine showcasing the work of writers over 50, the 'late bloomers' of the literary world. Find us at https://thin-skin.com/
Security & investigations editor at @WIRED.com, send tips and/or dog pics. Stay safe out there.
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South 85 Journal is a semi-annual online literary journal run by the Converse University Low-Residency MFA Program. We publish fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and interviews, by new, emerging, and well-established writers.
Reporter covering the far right. Words in Guardian, Zeteo, MSNBC. Formerly HuffPost. Contact: letsgomathias@protonmail.com. Buy my book about antifa here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Catch-a-Fascist/Christopher-Mathias/9781668034767.
Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
Teaches US History at Willamette Univ. Working on a book about the long history of the US Right. https://rightlandia.ghost.io/
Late antiquity, early Middle Ages, manuscripts, cities and monasticism. A bit of digital humanities and maps as well.
Assistant Professor at the University of Erfurt
Human first, comedian second.
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Artist, writer, publisher of greg dot org: the making of since 2001, "a [Cady] Noland obsessive" —T Mag [avatar: Édouard Manet Facsimile Object (M1), Minnay; banner: Derek Jarman's Blue]
Writer. Reader for Fractured Lit. Published in Trash Cat Lit, Moonlit Getaway, Gone Lawn, The Phare, Gutter, Hooghly Review, Northern Gravy and National Flash Flood.
Justice reporter at NOTUS
Photographer, Chicago guy, punk rock nostalgia keeper. Sometimes I still write things too.
www.aaroncynic.com
Klein Librarian for Science Fiction & Fantasy @ UC Riverside. Yale Ph.D. SFWA. HWA. Work in F&SF, The Dark, & more! Rep: Angeline Rodriguez, WME Books. 🏳️🌈🇨🇾
www.phoenixalexanderauthor.com
Proud partner in the progressive movement.
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A black cat who loves horror
Definitely not a witch
Lifts heavy stone
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University of Minnesota/HSJMC Associate Professor of Media Law. I teach folks about the 1st Amendment, @FCC, @FEC& @FTC policy for a living. Otherwise talking Brewer Baseball and Fishing.
And yes, the hostile opinions re: FCC policy failures are mine.
Writer of very short things.
In Best Microfiction 2021. Nom Best Small Fictions 2022 & 2024. Short-listed for Bath Novella-in-Flash Award & Fractured Lit Chapbook Prize. Wigleaf Top 50 long list. But enough about me. How are you?
http://billmerklee.com
Fictive Dream, the online #litmag dedicated to the #shortstory including #translations. Please send your submissions to fictivedream@gmail.com. Website https://fictivedream.com/
TV and film critic for the Chicago Tribune
https://www.chicagotribune.com/author/nina-metz/
Newsletter: Nina Watches Everything
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Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.
Harebrained is a Chicago design company that makes underwear, shirts, trivia games and anything else we fancy.
www.harebraineddesign.com
Freelance journalist. @ms.now and Xtra Magazine columnist. Co-founder: The Flytrap. Cancel Me, Daddy podcast co-host. Formerly: Vox
Double check if my post is a joke before flaming me please.
For story leads, my signal is kab.80
Journalist covering prisons, jails and more for The Marshall Project. Formerly WBEZ (Chicago NPR affiliate). Host of Motive podcast (Season 4). Writes short stories and essays. Tips: sheffernan@themarshallproject.org
Baker, Author of literary and speculative fiction and poetry, Collector of cats and tiered rejections, Appalachian, Perpetually tired. He/him
Journalist and author. My newsletter, the Long Game, is about baseball, creativity, and mental health. You can find it here: https://mollyknight.substack.com. My dog is named Canelo.
Author of 8 published/forthcoming chapbooks, Wigleaf Top 50 (2023), Best Small Fictions (2021 & 2024), Best Micro Anthology (2024), The Rumpus, IHLR, McNeese Review, Emerson Review, Penn Review, 300+ publications, #amquerying
Writer. Appalachian. Best Small Fictions ‘24- Reckon Review- Bullshit Lit- HAD-Milk Candy Review & more
@onyxaminedlife on Twitter. Chicago trans woman/entity/entities. She/her or they/them. A short story writer and all around pretentious person. Weird jokes, political rants, some positivity. Friendly!
Uncool & nerdy lit mag that's way too into dish-cleaning products. New piece every Tuesday. Subs always open!
https://dishsoap-quarterly.com 🫧
Son of Mexican and Cuban immigrants. Words in Hooligan Mag, Prolit and elsewhere. THIS PLACE IS COVERED HEAD TO TOE IN SHIT (Ghost City Press, 2024)
A "micro" press for "micro" stories. Run by @mattkendrick.bsky.social
Website: https://www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-press
I am a Colorado-born and raised, Boston-based writer, historian, and Pulitzer Prize Finalist. I am the author of "The Westerners" (2026), “Saving Yellowstone” (2022) and “The Three-Cornered War” (2020). More details at https://megankatenelson.com
Horror scholar, PhD, HWA, CSFFA. Global Indigenous Horror (UPM, 2025) | poetry reader Orion’s Belt | Words in The Future Fire, Utopia SF, Space & Time, Lovecraftiana, etc | co-eic @angrygablepress.bsky.social eic @katabaticcircus.bsky.social
